Comments on: [Fix] Pin to Start Menu Option is Missing in Windows XP, Vista and 7

By: VG

VG — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:40:01 +0000

^^ Check following solution:

http://www.askvg.com/fix-compatibility-tab-and-system-restore-problem-in-windows-vista/

By: Fai

Fai — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:30:31 +0000

Tried 3 methods, none of them worked.
This is so weird, certain shortcuts have the "pin to start menu" options while others doesn't have it.
When I view shortcuts' properties, some of them have the "compatibility" tab, those are shortcuts that have the pin options.
Some shortcuts don't have the compatibility tab, and those are shortcuts that don't have the pin option

Anyway, I still can drag and drop the shortcuts to the start menu to pin them.

Any solutions?

By: Gary T

Gary T — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:56:12 +0000

I found this page by googling this problem. However my problem was that I couldn't pin one particular program, not all programs. What I found is that you CANNOT PIN programs on network drives. It has to be on a local drive to pin it. HTH.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:25:03 +0000

Does this work with Windows7 or only vista?

By: CM

CM — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:27:15 +0000

After trying three different fixes (including these) with no luck whatsoever, the answer to the problem turned out to be absolutely simple: Just click through Start - Properties - Start Menu - Customize - Advanced and check the box for "Enable drag and drop".

By: Alleluia

Alleluia — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:04:23 +0000

Hi Vishal, Many thanks for your reply and your tweaks. The sound tweaks was excellent.
I run Vista Home Premium. Classic style.
My computer is running really fast at moment After running defrag it is down to
20 Fragmented Total files 95 2.9GB. So I'm very pleased.

As I say I use simple Classic style that cuts out a lot of cosmetic stuff that MS wants to you to load up. I don't use the left hand side on my Classic start menu where you pin things.

I keep the right side of the start menu to the minimum:
Programs, Documents(Documents, Pictures), Settings (Control Panel, Network Connections, Printers), Search, Help and Support, Run, Log Off, shut down.

What I want to do is network Connections from this list and add Videos. How can I do this?

Best wishes to you and your family

Alleluia

By: VG

VG — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:53:50 +0000

^^ You can safely delete that key.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:46:17 +0000

Fix] Pin to Start Menu Option is Missing in Windows

I have OS Vista Home Premium

I followed Method B to rectify this problem.

However I could not find NoStartMenuPinnedList but I found Nostartmenumoreprograms.

How should proceed from her.
Many thanks for all your help

Stephen

By: VG

VG — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:25:04 +0000

^^ Can you please describe it a bit more?

By: nikolaj

nikolaj — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:32:01 +0000

can i get icons in vista start menu instead of list